Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple at CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital

3330 Masonic Dr, Alexandria, LA · Christushealth · · NPI 1639160799

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$451.62

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,737.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$169.00 with Cigna vs $4,020.00 with Five Point Credit Union — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna PPO $169.00 ↓ -63%
Humana Choicecare $186.00 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare KM $360.84 ↓ -20%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections KM $360.84 ↓ -20%
Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana KM $360.84 ↓ -20%
Healthy Blue Louisiana KM $364.45 ↓ -19%
Humana Healthy Horizons KM $368.06 ↓ -19%
Aetna KM $378.88 ↓ -16%
Humana Gold Choice MM $655.88 ↑ +45%
Humana Gold Plus MM $655.88 ↑ +45%
Triwest VA MM $655.88 ↑ +45%
Aetna MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
Active Med PPO $669.27 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare VA CCN MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. Gold Plus MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
Coventry First Health MM $669.27 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare MM $682.66 ↑ +51%
Peoples Health MM $689.35 ↑ +53%
Dignity Health MM $689.35 ↑ +53%
Wellcare MM $702.73 ↑ +56%
AllyAlign Health MM $736.20 ↑ +63%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $736.20 ↑ +63%
Vantage Health Plan Inc. PPO $868.50 ↑ +92%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $868.50 ↑ +92%
Christus Health HIX $936.98 ↑ +107%
Healthcare Highways PPO $1,042.20 ↑ +131%
Verity HealthNet PPO $1,042.20 ↑ +131%
Gilsbar, Inc. Alliance PPO $1,042.20 ↑ +131%
HealthSmart Accel PPO $1,129.05 ↑ +150%
PPOplus Llc PPO $1,129.05 ↑ +150%
Multiplan PPO $1,215.90 ↑ +169%
Phcs PPO $1,215.90 ↑ +169%
Aetna New Business $1,230.00 ↑ +172%
Provider Select PPO $1,389.60 ↑ +208%
Health Management Network PPO $1,389.60 ↑ +208%
HealthSmart PPO $1,389.60 ↑ +208%
Aetna PPO $1,447.00 ↑ +220%
First Health PPO $1,476.45 ↑ +227%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $1,476.45 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,597.00 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana Trad $1,670.14 ↑ +270%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana PPO $1,670.14 ↑ +270%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Louisiana HMO $1,670.14 ↑ +270%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $4,020.00 ↑ +790%

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